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There Shouldn’t Be An LAUSD Strike (Read On, It’s Not What You Think)

January 13, 2019 by Brad

Op-Ed: THERE SHOULD BE NO STRIKE By Richard Wagoner Leaders and Board members of Los Angeles Unified School District would like the public to believe that the looming teachers strike is all about salary. Indeed, it could easily be: teachers have not received a raise in three years, the request by the Union (and the […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Charter Schools, LAUSD, Los Angeles, School Boards, School Districts, Too Good For the LA TImes, Unionism

Where Do the LAUSD Board Members Stand?

January 9, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

Elected to represent the students in the District’s public schools, the LAUSD School Board have been mostly silent as the strike date nears.

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, Unionism Tagged With: LAUSD School Board, Reclaim Our Schools LA, teachers strike

Can the LAUSD Ensure Student Safety During a Strike?

January 6, 2019 by Carl J. Petersen

The District is encouraging parents to send their students to school if the teachers’ union strikes. Will they be sending kids into mayhem?

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, Unionism Tagged With: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Unified School District, safety, Special Education, teachers strike, UTLA

LAUSD Increases Salary Offer, Teachers Hold Out for Students

November 14, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

Salary: 6% on-schedule raise, including 3% retroactive for 2017-18, plus 3% raise for 2018-19” – LAUSD The LAUSD has already signed contracts with their other major unions that “included raises totaling about 6%.” It was, therefore, unclear why the District’s initial offer to the teachers was to only raise their salaries by 2%. This seemed […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Uncategorized, Unionism Tagged With: class size, LAUSD, March for Public Education, Strike, teachers strike, UTLA

Supporting Parents and Students

November 11, 2018 by Carl J. Petersen

“We stand with our teachers’ union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), in calling for a real investment in our neighborhood public schools, so that all students have an equal opportunity.” – Northridge East Neighborhood Council The Northridge East Neighborhood Council (NENC) is one of 99 Neighborhood Councils in the City of Los Angeles. These Councils […]

Filed Under: LAUSD, Los Angeles, Unionism Tagged With: LAUSD, Parent Activism, Schools Students Deserve, Strike, UTLA

A National NEA Endorsement Vote Now Could Damage State-Level Organizing

October 1, 2015 by K12NN Site Admin

Loren Scott is active in Los Angeles Democratic Party politics, the NEA, California Teachers Assocation. and a representative to UTLA (United Teachers of Los Angeles). This request is prompted by talk of NEA endorsing Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary which will determine the party’s nominee. A vote on the endorsement could occur as early […]

Filed Under: Educators, Elections, LAUSD, Lily Eskelsen-Garcia, NEA, Unionism Tagged With: 2016 Elections, Hillary Clinton

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Federal Policy

Quick Education Voter’s Guide to the California CD34 Race, April 4, 2017

There are twenty-three candidates running to fill former Congressman Xavier Bacerra’s seat in Congressional District 34 in Southern California. (Bacerra is currently the state’s Attorney General, replacing Kamala Harris, who, after November 8, 2016, became our US Senator.) Election Day is Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can find your polling […]

Betsy DeVos, #NOTMYSDOE

Take the pledge to #resist and fight for public schools as a public good TODAY. DeVos had to have the assistance of Vice President Mike Pence’s unprecedented tie-breaking vote in order to win her confirmation. Two GOP Senators voted against, all Democratic Senators voted against. Yet all the other GOP Senators who received campaign donations […]

Next #DemDebate MUST Include K-12 Education Policy

The next #DemDebate is scheduled for the important primary state of Iowa on November 14, 2015. It’ll be broadcast by CBS in partnership with the Des Moines Register. Professor Julian Vasquez Heilig is leading the call for the families of 50 million students K-12 across the nation and the communities they live in to have […]

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